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Christine Is Helpful To Salmon Creek Christine was in third grade and she loves all fish. Tomorrow is show and tell and it is Christine’s turn. So she went home and thought for a long time. In the morning she asked her mom, “What should I bring for show and tell?” “You should bring a fish and I’ll come with you and help you,” said mom. “OK,” Christine said joyfully. Later that night when the fish are out, she went down to the creek to see the fish. All she could see was trash. She wanted to help but she did not know what to do. She thought that it would be a good idea to ask her mom in the morning just to make sure. Christine went home and thought about the fish all night long. When morning came Christine went straight to her mom and asked her how she could help. Her mom said that if she was really serious about making a difference, she should try to get some friends from school to help clean up the trash for a couple of months. She thought that was a great idea that she came up with. It will be easy! I’ll just go to school and tell all my friends what the plan is. When Christine got to school she told everyone that she knew. She was so excited to get to the creek to help clean up all the trash they could. That next morning it was a bright sunny; it was Saturday, the day she was going to meet her friends from school to start the cleanup at Salmon Creek. She ran down the stairs to the kitchen where her mom had made her famous bacon waffles, Christine’s favorite! But she had no time to spare so she grabbed one and ran out the door to meet her friends. Christine ran as fast as she could to get to the creek. She was amazed at how many people were already there working. Not only were her friends from school, but some of them had their families too. They worked all through the day. They could see the water clearing up. Christine wished she could do more to help. She found out she could. She could make the habitat feel more like home to the fish. Christen put some little stones and some little sticks in the water. She could tell the fish were feeling more playful and joyful about their habitat right away. When she picked up a bigger stone to put into the creek she found a big fat bull frog. She didn’t know if it’s his home so she put the stone back just the way she found it. When she got home she decided to plan a day once a month that they would go to different places in the area that needed to be cleaned up. Hailey Hamilton Captain Strong Primary School 4th Grade Mrs. Crill Page 19 Did you know…? That when you throw trash out of your car window, it can go into the storm drains that lead to streams, lakes, ponds and animals like ducks, fish and frogs. It can damage their territory and the animals. Bailey Rager Daybreak Primary School 3rd Grade Mrs. Graves Artwork by Malia Fishler Grass Valley Elementary School 5th Grade Mrs. Graue One day I went to a forest on a trip. I loved to go down to the river and look at three otters. One was always going very slow. I thought it was because the river was polluted. So I went and got my net. I got on a big rock. I caught as much garbage as I could. The river otters were happy. Eli Wheeler Daybreak Primary School 3rd Grade Mrs. Highley
How the Salmon Was Saved Once upon a time there was a little salmon who was swimming in the river and all of a sudden a girl threw in a plastic bag that was full of an oily black liquid. The poor little salmon’s tail got stuck in a small hole in the plastic bag and now he couldn’t move. Because of the black liquid he couldn’t breath and started to suffocate. Out of nowhere a girl scout hovered over the river and a hand gently picked up the little salmon and put it in a clean bowl of water. Then she lightly took the bag off the salmon’s tail and put the bag in a bucket. Then she pulled out an empty water bottle and scooped all the black oily liquid from the river into a bottle and put the lid back on the bottle. Then the girl carefully poured the little salmon out of the bowl and the little salmon stuck his head out of the new fresh water and cocked his head twice as a “thank you.” That is how the salmon was saved. Emma Nokelby and Katelyn Quan Daybreak Primary School 4th Grade Mrs. Voeller Artwork by Shelby McArthur Daybreak Primary School 4th Grade Mrs. Cearley Pollution Hello, I’m Kermit the frog. And, I live in a local stream. Me and my friend, Carrie, are playing on a rock. Then I saw this mysterious object and I hopped to it. Once I took a closer look, I realized it was a pop holder. And, it was too late. I slipped and got the pop holder around my neck. I was suffocating and thinking it was over. Then a brown-haired boy picked me up and tugged off the pop holder. I was blessed, but most frogs don’t get so lucky. I think we all learned a valuable lesson – NEVER POLLUTE!!! Joey Gaylor King’s Way Christian School 5th Grade Ms. Kipp Page 20 School Pond Slugs leaving a trail of slime. Green and brown, tall Cattails Hot water on a summer day. Green moss On a rock. Brown dirt On a rock. Leaves floating in the pond. Plants growing in the water. One squirrel on a rock. Nuts - squirrels love to eat them. The Ducks trying to find food. Katie Gilroy Firm Foundation Christian School 3rd Grade Mrs. Sandra Wright Water Why should you take care of water? Always stop pollution. Today start helping your community! Everyone should join. Ready for the challenge? Let’s go! Emily Dodge and Amy Eells Daybreak Primary School 4th Grade Mrs. Lemberg Calley Mihaiuc River HomeLink 4th Grade Mrs. Remmen
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Page 3 and 4: Keeping Our Water Clean Clean water
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Page 7 and 8: Frog Haiku Frogs leap pad to pad Fr
Page 9 and 10: Keeping water clean So the fish don
Page 11 and 12: Clean Camas Here in Camas and acros
Page 13 and 14: Artwork by Sebastian Miranda-Givens
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Page 19: Water Animals Water animals, water
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Page 33 and 34: Artwork by Takumi Veley Hockinson I
Page 35 and 36: Pollution Prevention “Look at the
Page 37 and 38: Watershed Green frogs. Brown frogs.
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